Time to take another look at Portugal
In June of 2011 the Global Commission on Drug Policy, a 19-member panel of world leaders, issued a report saying that “the global war on drugs has failed.”
Conventional wisdom on drug policy, however, has not yet caught up with the dominating opinion of our world’s leaders. Yes, a majority (55%) of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, according to a recent poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. But, while marijuana legalization in the United States is certainly a step in the right direction to a more sensible global drug policy, being only in favor of marijuana legalization instead of decriminalizing the possession of all drugs is kind of missing the point. In the same Angus Reid Public Opinion poll, researchers found that when asked about legalizing other drugs (cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and ecstasy), none had more than 10% support from Americans.






